PARIS – France’s 2025 presidential election, already one of the most consequential political contests in the European Union this cycle, has taken an unprecedented turn after far-right leader Marine Le Pen confirmed she will stand for the nation’s highest office for the fourth consecutive time – a bid that became possible only after a Paris appeals court revised a prior conviction that threatened to end her political ambitions.
With Le Pen sentencing, France’s presidential election veers into the extraordinary
